Life inside the bubble: It's the Irish Open but not as we know it

Welcome to Galgorm Castle, new home to the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, now listen to that fella in the mask as he tells you where to get your Covid-19 test

A hand sanitising station is seen at a tee box ahead of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort in Ballymena, Antrim. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

That squelch as you step out of the car onto the soggy grounds of a Dubai Duty Free Irish Open venue is almost reassuring.

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